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Title
Seated female figure : hair braided on right side.
Description
A nude female sits with crossed legs wearing a headdress with ornaments, braided hair with hair ornaments, ear spools, and several bracelets. Her slightly swollen belly indicates pregnancy or a past pregnancy (belly flap).
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated female figure : hair braided on right side.
Description
A nude female sits with crossed legs wearing a headdress with ornaments, braided hair with hair ornaments, ear spools, and several bracelets. Her slightly swollen belly indicates pregnancy or a past pregnancy (belly flap).
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated female figure : hair braided on right side.
Description
A nude female sits with crossed legs wearing a headdress with ornaments, braided hair with hair ornaments, ear spools, and several bracelets. Her slightly swollen belly indicates pregnancy or a past pregnancy (belly flap).
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated female figure : hair braided on right side.
Description
A nude female sits with crossed legs wearing a headdress with ornaments, braided hair with hair ornaments, ear spools, and several bracelets. Her slightly swollen belly indicates pregnancy or a past pregnancy (belly flap).
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated female figure : hair braided on right side.
Description
A nude female sits with crossed legs wearing a headdress with ornaments, braided hair with hair ornaments, ear spools, and several bracelets. Her slightly swollen belly indicates pregnancy or a past pregnancy (belly flap).
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated female figure : hair braided on right side.
Description
A nude female sits with crossed legs wearing a headdress with ornaments, braided hair with hair ornaments, ear spools, and several bracelets. Her slightly swollen belly indicates pregnancy or a past pregnancy (belly flap).
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated male figure with crossed arms.
Description
A nude male sits with his knees drawn up to his chest. His left arm rests on his knees. He wears an assortment of jewelry and the chinstrap headdress suggests a ballplayer. The habit of sitting with drawn knees and arms resting on them is a very typical posture in Mesoamerican sculpture.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated male figure with crossed arms.
Description
A nude male sits with his knees drawn up to his chest. His left arm rests on his knees. He wears an assortment of jewelry and the chinstrap headdress suggests a ballplayer. The habit of sitting with drawn knees and arms resting on them is a very typical posture in Mesoamerican sculpture.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated male figure with crossed arms.
Description
A nude male sits with his knees drawn up to his chest. His left arm rests on his knees. He wears an assortment of jewelry and the chinstrap headdress suggests a ballplayer. The habit of sitting with drawn knees and arms resting on them is a very typical posture in Mesoamerican sculpture.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated male figure with crossed arms.
Description
A nude male sits with his knees drawn up to his chest. His left arm rests on his knees. He wears an assortment of jewelry and the chinstrap headdress suggests a ballplayer. The habit of sitting with drawn knees and arms resting on them is a very typical posture in Mesoamerican sculpture.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated male figure with crossed arms.
Description
A nude male sits with his knees drawn up to his chest. His left arm rests on his knees. He wears an assortment of jewelry and the chinstrap headdress suggests a ballplayer. The habit of sitting with drawn knees and arms resting on them is a very typical posture in Mesoamerican sculpture.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated male figure with crossed arms.
Description
A nude male sits with his knees drawn up to his chest. His left arm rests on his knees. He wears an assortment of jewelry and the chinstrap headdress suggests a ballplayer. The habit of sitting with drawn knees and arms resting on them is a very typical posture in Mesoamerican sculpture.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Kneeling female figure giving birth.
Description
In Spanish, you would say "dar a luz" or "to give light" and in English "to give birth." The Mesoamericans considered the womb like a cave and the birthing process emerging into the light or life, in other words, resurrection. The position of the left hand to the head and the right hand on her abdomen describes an iconic position for childbirth in Mesoamerica.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Kneeling female figure giving birth.
Description
In Spanish, you would say "dar a luz" or "to give light" and in English "to give birth." The Mesoamericans considered the womb like a cave and the birthing process emerging into the light or life, in other words, resurrection. The position of the left hand to the head and the right hand on her abdomen describes an iconic position for childbirth in Mesoamerica.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Kneeling female figure giving birth.
Description
In Spanish, you would say "dar a luz" or "to give light" and in English "to give birth." The Mesoamericans considered the womb like a cave and the birthing process emerging into the light or life, in other words, resurrection. The position of the left hand to the head and the right hand on her abdomen describes an iconic position for childbirth in Mesoamerica.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Kneeling female figure giving birth.
Description
In Spanish, you would say "dar a luz" or "to give light" and in English "to give birth." The Mesoamericans considered the womb like a cave and the birthing process emerging into the light or life, in other words, resurrection. The position of the left hand to the head and the right hand on her abdomen describes an iconic position for childbirth in Mesoamerica.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Kneeling female figure giving birth.
Description
In Spanish, you would say "dar a luz" or "to give light" and in English "to give birth." The Mesoamericans considered the womb like a cave and the birthing process emerging into the light or life, in other words, resurrection. The position of the left hand to the head and the right hand on her abdomen describes an iconic position for childbirth in Mesoamerica.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Kneeling female figure giving birth.
Description
In Spanish, you would say "dar a luz" or "to give light" and in English "to give birth." The Mesoamericans considered the womb like a cave and the birthing process emerging into the light or life, in other words, resurrection. The position of the left hand to the head and the right hand on her abdomen describes an iconic position for childbirth in Mesoamerica.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Ring vessel : anthropomorphic serpent.
Description
The circular-shaped vessel suggests a coiled snake with diamond designs. The snake has been anthropomorphized/humanized with a human head. The snake is an important symbol of rebirth, renewal, and resurrection.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Art--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Ring vessel : anthropomorphic serpent.
Description
The circular-shaped vessel suggests a coiled snake with diamond designs. The snake has been anthropomorphized/humanized with a human head. The snake is an important symbol of rebirth, renewal, and resurrection.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Art--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Ring vessel : anthropomorphic serpent.
Description
The circular-shaped vessel suggests a coiled snake with diamond designs. The snake has been anthropomorphized/humanized with a human head. The snake is an important symbol of rebirth, renewal, and resurrection.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Art--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Ring vessel : anthropomorphic serpent.
Description
The circular-shaped vessel suggests a coiled snake with diamond designs. The snake has been anthropomorphized/humanized with a human head. The snake is an important symbol of rebirth, renewal, and resurrection.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Art--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Ring vessel : anthropomorphic serpent.
Description
The circular-shaped vessel suggests a coiled snake with diamond designs. The snake has been anthropomorphized/humanized with a human head. The snake is an important symbol of rebirth, renewal, and resurrection.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Art--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Ring vessel : anthropomorphic serpent.
Description
The circular-shaped vessel suggests a coiled snake with diamond designs. The snake has been anthropomorphized/humanized with a human head. The snake is an important symbol of rebirth, renewal, and resurrection.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Art--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Standing Caesarean figure.
Description
The Mezcala culture in Guerrero is known for its stone sculptures of temples, abstract humans and animals. This large solid female ceramic type is unique. They didn't create other types of ceramic figurines. This figurine wears a headdress, ear ornaments and projections on her legs that could represent scarification or musical leg instruments. The groove from her chest to abdomen suggests ritual sacrifice or caesarian birth.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Iguala de la Independencia, Art--Mexico--Iguala de la Independencia, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
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